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FPA-12428

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Approved Felling Permission Application

Where

Woodland
Ringhill
Nearest town
Elvanfoot
Local authority
South Lanarkshire Council
Conservancy
Central Scotland Conservancy
Grid reference
NS990150

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Key dates

  1. Application registered 3 April 2025
  2. Application accepted 3 April 2025
  3. Consultation opens 15 May 2025
  4. Consultation closes 12 June 2025
  5. Decision issued 19 June 2025
  6. Restocking due 30 June 2027

Area

Total area
50.37 ha
Conifer
50.37 ha

Official source

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FPA-12428

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First archived 9 July 2026 · last seen on the register 27 July 2026.

Contains Scottish Forestry information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

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Track changes

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  2. First captured

    Status when first captured
    Approved

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Forestry operations

Applicant-proposed operations extracted from the archived application form. Figures remain grouped as submitted and are not summed by species.

Felling window
8 May 2025 – 31 Mar 2027
Felling area
50.37 ha
Estimated volume
25,185 m³
Proposed restocking
50.37 ha · 100% of felling licence

Felling operations

Detailed proposed felling operations
Site/CptOperationSpeciesAreaAgeTreesVolumeMarking
35A Clear Felling Sitka spruce 10.04 ha 47 yr 22,590 5,020 m³ TAPE
32A Clear Felling Sitka spruce 11.43 ha 47 yr 25,700 5,715 m³ TAPE
33A Clear Felling Sitka spruce 12.57 ha 47 yr 31,425 6,285 m³ TAPE
36A Clear Felling Sitka spruce 6.68 ha 47 yr 15,030 3,340 m³ TAPE
37A Clear Felling Sitka spruce 2.83 ha 47 yr 7,075 1,415 m³ TAPE
37B Clear Felling Sitka spruce 1.99 ha 47 yr 4,975 995 m³ TAPE
37C Clear Felling Sitka spruce 1.86 ha 47 yr 4,650 930 m³ TAPE
37D Clear Felling Sitka spruce 2.97 ha 47 yr 7,425 1,485 m³ TAPE

Proposed restocking

Detailed proposed restocking operations
Site/CptProposalSpecies / land use% of siteAreaDensity / haTreesAlternative site
35 Replant felled area Sitka spruce 9.07% 4.57 ha 2,500
35 Replant felled area Norway spruce 9.07% 4.57 ha 2,500
35 Replant felled area Mixed native broadleaves 1.79% 0.9 ha 1,600
32 Replant felled area Sitka spruce 16.93% 8.53 ha 2,500
32 Replant felled area Birch 2.12% 1.07 ha 2,500
32 Replant felled area Aspen 2.12% 1.07 ha 2,500
32 Replant felled area Mixed native broadleaves 1.51% 0.76 ha 1,600
33 Replant felled area Scots pine 10.46% 5.27 ha 2,500
33 Replant felled area Birch 10.46% 5.27 ha 2,500
33 Replant felled area Mixed native broadleaves 4.03% 2.03 ha 1,600
36 Replant felled area Sitka spruce 11.79% 5.94 ha 2,500
36 Replant felled area Mixed native broadleaves 1.47% 0.74 ha 1,600
37A Replant felled area Sitka spruce 5.3% 2.67 ha 2,500
37A Replant felled area Mixed native broadleaves 0.32% 0.16 ha 1,600
37B Replant felled area Sitka spruce 1.77% 0.89 ha 2,500
37B Replant felled area Scots pine 1.77% 0.89 ha 2,500
37B Replant felled area Mixed native broadleaves 0.42% 0.21 ha 1,600
37C Replant felled area Western hemlock 2.56% 1.29 ha 2,500
37C Replant felled area Mixed native broadleaves 0.4% 0.2 ha 1,600
37C Create Designed Open Ground 0.73% 0.37 ha
37D Replant felled area Sitka spruce 3.65% 1.84 ha 2,500
37D Replant felled area Mixed native broadleaves 0.38% 0.19 ha 1,600
37D Create Designed Open Ground 1.87% 0.94 ha
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Tree health

Statutory Plant Health Notices nearby

Within 5 km

Notices are ordered with polygons covering the application grid-reference point first, followed by the nearest notices with current ones prioritised. Distances are measured to the notice boundary. A nearby notice does not by itself mean that it applies to the site.

Notice / host species Status Proximity Issued Compliance date Biosecurity expiry

STH18_0261a

P. ramorum

Hosts: Larch

Status Issued Proximity 269 m away Issued Not published Compliance date Not published Biosecurity expiry Not published

STH18_0261

P. ramorum

Hosts: Larch

Status Issued Proximity 514 m away Issued Not published Compliance date Not published Biosecurity expiry Not published

STH18_0604_b

P. ramorum

Hosts: Larch

Status Issued Proximity 1000 m away Issued Not published Compliance date Not published Biosecurity expiry Not published

STH18_0604_a

P. ramorum

Hosts: Larch

Status Issued Proximity 1.0 km away Issued Not published Compliance date Not published Biosecurity expiry Not published

STH20_0405_0406 Glen Slack 2

P. ramorum

Hosts: Larch

Status Issued Proximity 1.3 km away Issued Not published Compliance date Not published Biosecurity expiry Not published

Protected places

Sites of Special Scientific Interest nearby

Within 2 km

Proximity is measured from the application grid-reference point to the official SSSI boundary. It does not prove that the wider application or property overlaps the designation; check the official maps before relying on it.

No SSSIs within 2 km.

Soils and forestry capability

At the application’s recorded location · NS 990 149

Source classifications from national 1:250,000 maps. Local conditions may vary.

National soil map of Scotland

Peaty podzols

Map unit 229

Peaty gleyed podzols

Soil association
Ettrick
Parent material
Drifts derived from Lower Paleozoic greywackes and shales
Landform
Hills with simple convex steep and strong slopes
Soil mixture in this map unit

Estimated map-unit proportions; the individual soils are not mapped within it.

  • Dod · 100% Peaty gleyed podzols
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Land Capability for Forestry

F6 Very limited flexibility for trees

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Sources, licence and limitations

National soil map of Scotland ↗

National soil map of Scotland copyright and database right The James Hutton Institute 18 September 2024. Used with the permission of The James Hutton Institute. All rights reserved. Any public sector information contained in these data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v.2.0.

Dataset citation

Soil Survey of Scotland Staff (1981). Soil maps of Scotland at a scale of 1:250 000. Macaulay Institute for Soil Research, Aberdeen.

Land Capability for Forestry ↗

Land Capability for Forestry copyright and database right The James Hutton Institute 1988 (published map; last revision date not supplied). Used with the permission of The James Hutton Institute. All rights reserved. Any public sector information contained in these data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v.2.0.

Dataset citation

Soil Survey of Scotland Staff (1988). Land Capability for Forestry of Scotland at a scale of 1:250 000. Macaulay Land Use Research Institute, Aberdeen.

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These records describe the mapped point, not the whole property. Forestry capability is background information and does not establish planting permission or grant eligibility.

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Ordered by straight-line distance between each record's representative map point.

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Ordered by straight-line distance between each record's representative map point.